Carter Reschedules Lecture, to Speak at UB on April 18

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Stephen L. Carter -- scholar, author and William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale University -- has been rescheduled by the University at Buffalo to speak at 8 p.m. April 18 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts on the UB North (Amherst) Campus.

Carter originally was scheduled to speak on March 13 at the 25th Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration as part of UB's 15th annual Distinguished Speakers Series, but had to cancel because of illness.

Tickets printed for March 13 will be valid for Carter's speech on April 18 and do not need to be exchanged.

Seating for the event still is available. Tickets may be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations and at the UB Center for the Arts box office. Not-for-profit community organizations, churches and other religious congregations and their members can call 645-6147, ext. 228, to inquire about free tickets for groups.

Called "one of the nation's leading public intellectuals" by The New York Times, Carter teaches constitutional law and law and religion at Yale.

His work is informed by his faith and experience, as well as his scholarship, as clearly defined in his first book, "Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby." His other books include "Civility: Manners, Morals and the Etiquette of Democracy," "Integrity," "The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion" and "God's Name in Vain: How Religion Should and Should Not Be Involved in Politics." His first novel, "Emperor of Ocean Park," is scheduled to be published this May

A graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, Carter clerked for the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and recently was named by President George W. Bush to the President's Council on Bioethics.

He is a frequent contributor to law reviews and has published articles in such major mass media as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New Republic, the New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly.

UB and the Don Davis Auto World Lectureship Fund will present the King lecture. Lecture sponsors are the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration and The James Fenton Lecture Foundation.